We wrapped up our final AI in FE community session of 2025 with an accessibility-focused session from Freya Bevan, Digital Learning Coach with AI focus at Gloucestershire College. Freya took us through how the college is exploring generative AI as a form of assistive technology to help bridge gaps in access and build independence and […]
The AI in research community is continuing to grow into a supportive network of people, sharing knowledge, conversations and experiences on AI across the sector. Our latest meet up again brought interesting discussion. particularly in relation to the REF (Research Excellence Framework), the ethical considerations of AI, institutional policies, and the challenges of integrating AI tools responsibly in research […]
The Jisc AI in Professional Services Community meeting, held on 17th December 2025, brought together colleagues from across the sector to reflect on where we are now with AI adoption – and where we need to go next. With AI tools becoming increasingly visible in everyday workflows, the discussion focused less on hype and more […]
Our December collection of articles and announcements to share this month. Education High quality learning means developing and upskilling educators on the pedagogy of AI This post highlights that if universities want genuinely high-quality learning with AI in the mix, they should invest just as much in upskilling educators as they do in new tools. […]
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December HE AI Community Meetup
This community meetup brought together colleagues from across higher education to share live practice, frustrations, experiments and unresolved questions about using AI in teaching, learning and assessment. The discussion was wide-ranging, grounded in institutional experience, and focused firmly on what is happening now. What emerged was not a set of answers, but a shared picture […]
In September, I wrote a blog post advising against enabling Anthropic in Microsoft Copilot. The reason was that the integration was under completely separate terms and data processing agreements. Thankfully, Microsoft has listened to feedback and onboarded Anthropic as a subprocessor. Whilst this doesn’t significantly change the technical implementation, it completely changes the contractual side. […]
AI is moving quickly across tertiary education. Colleges and universities are exploring how it can support teaching, improve services, widen access, and streamline operations. At the same time, leaders are dealing with genuine concerns about academic integrity, fairness, accuracy, data security, and public trust. Most institutions are still developing their approach to AI governance. The good news is that they […]
The AI in Marking and Feedback Pilot launched earlier this year (the announcement blog for which is linked here), is now well underway across a range of institutions. Designed to explore how AI tools can reduce workload around marking and feedback processes, the pilot includes three platforms—Graide, Keath, and TeacherMatic— being piloted by 14 colleges […]
Over November and December 2025, Jisc convened three roundtables: two face-to-face, in Manchester and London and one online, aimed at staff from Scottish institutions. Bringing together 71 colleagues from across 59 tertiary institutions to explore what skills, knowledge and capabilities learners and students will need in an AI-enabled world. Each session was grounded in the […]
Six months ago, we launched a new community to extend our AI scope into the area of professional services. It’s a broad canvas – admissions, student support, marketing, estates, finance, legal, compliance and more – but beneath all of that complexity sit three institutional priorities that rarely change: improving student experience, strengthening staff capacity, and […]